L’Oréal, Colgate-Palmolive and Kao among World’s Most Ethical Companies

March 27, 2017

What if we told you there was a list of the World's Most Ethical Companies? And what if we tell you that you may already be working for one of them? According to Cosmetics Business, three cosmetics industry players have been crowned this title for 2017!

The Ethisphere Institute has published a list of 124 companies that make up the 2017 World’s Most Ethical Companies

Cosmetics industry players L’Oréal, Colgate-Palmolive and Kao Corporation have been named on this year’s 2017 World’s Most Ethical Companies list compiled by The Ethisphere Institute.

The trio are joined by Marks & Spencer and H&M, which also secured spots among the 124 honourees.

Now in their eleventh year, the list honours companies globally that are defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices.

The companies listed this year span five continents, 19 countries and 52 sectors.

A big congratulations to L’Oréal, Colgate-Palmolive and Kao Corporation! If you are already part of these companies, be very proud as it is not an easy achievement for any company. The five key categories are used to determine how ethical the company are: ethics and compliance programme (35%), corporate citizenship and responsibility (20%), culture of ethics (20%), governance (15%) and leadership, innovation and reputation (10%).